Improvement in metallic baskets



UNITED STATES ALLEN scHENoE, or

PATENT OFFICE.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,426,-(lated August4, 1863.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLEN -SoEENoK7 of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved basket 'or metalvessel designed as a substitute for baskets used for household andagricultural purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, makinga part of this specification, in which-Figure lis a vertrcal central section of my invent-ion, taken in theline x x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken in theline y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the twogures. This invention consists in constructing the basket or vessel ofsheet metal. Zinc or galvanized iron will answer the purpose, the sheetmetal being cut in sections of suitable dimensions and shape, and swagedin corrugated or luted form, and then riveted or soldered together, ashereinafter set forth.

The invention is designed as a substitute for the ordinary baskets usedfor household and agricultural purposes and for measures ofv capacity.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a basket or vessel constructed according to my invention,and of a form corresponding to what is commonly termed a bushel basket,Aused for agricultural purposes and as a measure of capacity. This basketor vessel A is composed of six sections, a, cut outof sheet metal, andof such a form that when swaged or bent they will correspond each to asixth of the basket cut from the center of the bottom outward, asindicated by thelines b in Fig. 2. The sections c are corrugated ortluted, so as to be of. sinuous form in their horizontal section, asshown clearly in Fig. 2, and the edges of the sections are lapped andsecured together by rivets c, or by solder. The corrugations of thesections a do not extend entirely up to their tops, a smooth surface, d,being allowed at their upper ends for the purpose of receiving a `woodenor metal hoop, c, as shown in Fig. l. The topof the basket is providedwith two handles, f, which may be either of wood or metal.

This basket or vessel may be economically constructed. The sections amay be bent in proper form and swaged at one operation. The corrugatingof the sections renders the basket or vessel stiff and rm with quitethin metal and renders the article light as well as durable. It isbelieved that they will supersede the ordinary baskets in common use forhousehold and agricultural purposes.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters l Patent as an improvedarticle of manufacture- A sheet-metal basket or vessel composed of aseries of sections, c, bent or swaged in proper form, corrugated orfiuted, and secured together by rivets or solder, substantially asherein set forth. v ALLEN SGHENCK.

Witnesses:

W. S. BEACKEN, W. V. YARWooD.

